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Día De Los Muertos vs. Halloween

tue 10/14/2008

holiday	Día de Muertos.	Halloween.
celebrated	November 1 and 2.	October 31.
ancient origins	Celebrated by ancient pre-Hispanic civilizations more than 3,000 years ago.	Pagan celebration that originated 2,000 years ago.
also known as	Día de los Difuntos.	All Hollow's Eve or All Saint's Eve.
controversy	Spanish conquistadors tried to eradicate the tradition when they conquered America but failed.	The Vatican has accepted that Halloween does not harm people, as long as it is just for fun.
current meaning	Remembering and celebrating the lives the dead.	A chance to become someone else and scare people in the name of fun.
related activities	Building altars with memorabilia of dead loved ones, eating with family members and visiting graves of the deceased.	Trick or treating, costume parties, bobbing for apples, visiting haunted houses, carving pumpkins and watching horror flicks.
icon	Sugar skulls and La Catrina.	Jack O' Lantern.
colors	Pink, purple and orange.	Orange and black.
food	Pan de muerto.	Assorted candy, candy apples and fruit.
sometimes an excuse	To get wasted on tepache.	To wear slutty clothes.
may have inspired the song	Día de los Muertos by the Voodoo Glow Skulls.	Thriller by Michael Jackson.
best place to celebrate it	Patzcuaro, Michoacán.	Anytown, USA.
promoted in	Video game Grim Fandango.	Tim Burton's movie The Nightmare Before Christmas
webprops	1.01 million hits on Google.	165 million hits on Google.
movie to watch	Robert Rodriguez's Once Upon A Time In Mexico.	John Carpenter's Halloween series.